WABC New York Viewpoint March 20, 2016
Nice to have you here. Thank you for having us. Tell us about the inception of citymeals first, back in 1981. What was the founding concept behind it . Gael greene, a restaurant critic, read an article in the New York Times about what wanted to know what the city was doing for homebound elderly on thanksgiving and realized that they werent doing anything for that weekend. And so she rallied her friends and along with james beard, former restaurateur. And they raised 35,000 to feed 6,000 homebound seniors on christmas day. Wow. And that was back in 1981. Thats in 1981. And since then, it has gr...